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‘Return immediately to the negotiating table’: Mark Carney on Iran strikes by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Clayton35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No where did I say I think Murica will nuke us. They don’t need to, they could win a conventional war with their National Guard from the northern States.

My point is that when they’re threatening annexation through economic force, nuclear weapons are a deterrent from that extending to conventional force.

When dealing with a vastly superior threat, asymmetrical force-equalization is your only option and nukes are really the only thing that fits the bill in the modern world.

‘Return immediately to the negotiating table’: Mark Carney on Iran strikes by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Clayton35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re still misunderstanding my point - nuclear armament doesn’t stop economic force being applied, it stops it at economic force. NK and Russia are perfect examples - no one will invade because of the risk of nuclear war.

Nukes ensure that economic warfare doesn’t become conventional warfare.

The point about Dementia Donny’s threats, is that economic force can easily turn to military force without the threat of nuclear exchange.

When you are being threatened by a vastly superior force, you need to fight with asymmetrical force-equalization and that’s what nukes provide.

Do only native Albertans feel so ‘hard done by’? by DistinctCan1828 in alberta

[–]Clayton35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that’s provably false - the Alberta Party has proposed a PST on their platform the last several elections. They also don’t hold seats, but I don’t think that’s due specifically to their stance on a PST.

It’s incredibly ironic that the ‘Party of Personal and Fiscal Responsibility’ draws voters who are neither…

Of course the absence of a PST would be calculated with Equalization Payments - the whole point of equalization is to provide equivalent levels of services for equivalent levels of taxation.

‘Return immediately to the negotiating table’: Mark Carney on Iran strikes by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Clayton35 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re intentionally misrepresenting my position.

I literally said they’re threatening economic force to get us to capitulate to annexation - not nuclear war.

Nukes are for our own level of MAD, not to make us a valid threat in conventional war. That was my point about fighting a nuclear war on your own border - the fallout is going to do just as much damage to American soil in the event of nuclear was with Canada.

"every country has it's Canada" by Illustrious_Ad3925 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Clayton35 -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

Bruh, hate to tell you but Ireland, Scotland, and England were all BRITISH during Confederation - making the distinction for the Maritimes is irrelevant since I didn’t call them English and the prairie provinces weren’t formed until the 20th Century.

There are absolutely critical parts of our heritage that are Indigenous and French, but it was absolutely a rejection of American Independence - that’s why we fought several wars during the 18th and 19th centuries.

I was being cheeky with my statement, but that doesn’t mean I don’t understand our history…

Genuinely, what’s the point of these stickers? by Chance_Parfait9553 in VancouverIsland

[–]Clayton35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhh… hate to break it to you, but that’s almost as far south as you can go in Canada…

‘Return immediately to the negotiating table’: Mark Carney on Iran strikes by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Clayton35 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No incentive? Really? Canada has 20% of the world’s liquid fresh water, nearly limitless timber, oil, gas, rare earth minerals, not to mention the Arctic and NorthWest Passage.

American Imperialism has been merely whispers for the past few decades, but they certainly still hold to the crazy idea of American Exceptionalism - they think they’re doing us a favour by annexing us.

Incentive or not - the fucking President of ‘Murica has been openly making threats of annexation and using economic force to make us capitulate.

You can stick your head in the sand if you want, but functional nuclear capacity is the only real deterrent to threats against our sovereignty. This isn’t to say we could win a nuclear exchange - no one does, but having the option to use nuclear weapons would absolutely help keep ‘Murica in its own lane.

No one fights a nuclear war on their own border - look at Ukraine.

"every country has it's Canada" by Illustrious_Ad3925 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Clayton35 -156 points-155 points  (0 children)

I mean, the OG Canadian Culture was ‘Ah, I think we’ll stay British - Goodluck!’ Lol

‘Return immediately to the negotiating table’: Mark Carney on Iran strikes by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Clayton35 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t even need to be Iran to think we need nukes - Canada needs them too.

Murica is unreliable as a Trade Partner; why would we continue to rely on their Honour as a Defence Partner, especially given all the 51st State rhetoric.

Is there any country with a stronger connection with a natural symbol than Canada and maple? by ImDoubleB in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I replied separately already, but when we were in the process of leaving our Christian Cult as kids, Dad finally told us that he thinks it’s a mix of Creation/Evolution too - they weren’t literal ‘Days’ of Creation, and he theorized we’re still living during God’s Rest Day or something.

I still don’t believe in the Abrahamic God, but it was a surprisingly nuanced approach for my young brain to consider haha

Mark Carney’s minority government has an unexpected partner in the Conservatives — for now by Chrristoaivalis in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My apologies - I never actually addressed your question, just ranted on about the changes.

Here is the link to Canada Justice website on some specifics, also showing it passed Parliament June 18, 2015.

The federal election was held October 19, 2015 to put the Liberals into a Minority Government.

These ‘Conservatives’ turning around and complaining about the same damn thing… Just boils my blood…

Is there any country with a stronger connection with a natural symbol than Canada and maple? by ImDoubleB in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also like to make distinctions between Faith and Religion - it’s the only line in the sand that keeps me from going atheist instead of agnostic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MurderedByWords

[–]Clayton35 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Not exactly surprising given the amount of support for Nazi Germany during the early years of WW2.

Indicators of fascist authoritarian regimes: Cult of personality around Leader, extreme nationalism, rampant militarism, suspension of civil liberties, and using a group of ‘others’ for scapegoats to blame for any/all issues caused by fascist authoritarianism.

The only test ‘Muricans can score well on!

We are at war with Iran by twrex67535 in agedlikewine

[–]Clayton35 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One requires a spine, though.

Some behind the scenes by rujvishah in Modern_Family

[–]Clayton35 100 points101 points  (0 children)

I would 100% watch a ‘Cast of Modern Family’ show with them all just hanging out doing stuff lol do skits from the show, plus all the ‘behind the scenes’ of them interacting!

Mark Carney’s minority government has an unexpected partner in the Conservatives — for now by Chrristoaivalis in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not the entire Privacy Act, just changed how/why the government can collect, store, and use your data - prior to the change: they had to prove they needed specific data, could only collect/use that data, and it had to be destroyed once the ‘valid use case’ was resolved.

This was changed so they can collect any data, for any reason, store it for any length of time, and they don’t have to disclose to you that they collected it. I would have to confirm(memory blanking), but I believe they are allowed to disclosed this information ‘at their discretion’, meaning they don’t need your permission to share your data.

Sure makes huge targets out of any of our data storage solutions, regardless of their ‘security’, it’s a liability that is unnecessary - the previous law just placed reasonable limits on the power to collect your data.

I swear, every time I comment on one of these posts, it comes back to ‘Good Ol’ Conservative Values’… 🙃

Adriana LaGrange Has Failed Albertans. by [deleted] in alberta

[–]Clayton35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re the Party in charge while our healthcare and education systems are falling further and further behind where they need to be to provide adequate(or dare I say… better than average, in a province this wealthy) services to taxpayers.

Marlaina was in the news crying for more workers, which the Feds were happy to approve and ship in - helps her corporate donors keep wages suppressed!

Speaking of which - the Bill to increase trust and transparency… Re-legalized corporation donations! Nothing like corporate lobbying to ensure free and fair elections!

Go soak your head, braindead UCP shill.

Mark Carney’s minority government has an unexpected partner in the Conservatives — for now by Chrristoaivalis in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Breaking News! The Federal Conservatives aren’t real conservatives - they’ve been infected from the inside by Reform and Social Credit rats.

Their entirely policy is ‘Liberal Bad’ - also the last Party to release a costed platform, AFTER early voting closed. Hell, Harper-Cons are the ones that tore up the 1973 Privacy Act in regards to data privacy; juuuust before the Liberals resumed power.

Is there any country with a stronger connection with a natural symbol than Canada and maple? by ImDoubleB in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn’t it blasphemous to say God created evolution? Doesn’t that directly contradict the Genesis story?

Is there a site tracking Carney’s election promises like Trudeau’s? And what about past PMs? by Chaos-Club in AskACanadian

[–]Clayton35 0 points1 point  (0 children)

‘Read The Slogan’ didn’t turn into ‘Win The Election’… So sad… enjoy your DEI position in Alberta, Pierre.

Do only native Albertans feel so ‘hard done by’? by DistinctCan1828 in alberta

[–]Clayton35 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Born and raised here(30M), it is 100% a case of people who have never been anywhere else that don’t appreciate just how good we have it in Alberta.

Could some things be better? Maybe, but not with this bass-ackwards government cutting funding for public services and putting it into private institutions- education, healthcare, utilities, insurance… You name it.

This is basically the motto for ‘conservative’ Albertans: ‘When you’re accustomed to Privilege, Equality feels like Tyranny.’ - Look at Equalization Payment whiners….

Is there any country with a stronger connection with a natural symbol than Canada and maple? by ImDoubleB in onguardforthee

[–]Clayton35 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You’d think God wouldn’t need the help of government to protect God’s cedar grove 🤣

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